Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting libgphoto2-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBGPHOTO2DEVEL-16117790
  • published21 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40333  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-130  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libgphoto2-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgphoto2-devel package and not the libgphoto2-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libgphoto2 is a camera access and control library. In versions up to and including 2.5.33, two functions in camlibs/ptp2/ptp-pack.c accept a data pointer but no length parameter, performing unbounded reads. Their callers in ptp_unpack_EOS_events() have xsize available but never pass it, leaving both functions unable to validate reads against the actual buffer boundary. Commit 1817ecead20c2aafa7549dac9619fe38f47b2f53 patches the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1